Match Report
Defending champion Sinner sinks De Minaur, returns to Nitto ATP Finals title match
Italian to face Alcaraz or Auger-Aliassime for the trophy
November 15, 2025
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Jannik Sinner captures his thirtieth consecutive indoor victory on Saturday on the Nitto ATP Finals.
By Sam Jacot
Defending champion Jannik Sinner powered to the Nitto ATP Finals championship match for the third consecutive 12 months on Saturday, when he dispatched Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-2 to keep up his good document in opposition to the Australian.
Sinner didn’t drop a set or his serve all through the round-robin stage and as soon as once more dominated in entrance of his vocal house help in Turin. The Italian remained affected person within the first set, changing on his eighth break level to achieve the benefit. The 24-year-old then overwhelmed the resilient De Minaur along with his depth and clear ball placing within the second set to change into the youngest participant since Lleyton Hewitt in 2004 to achieve three finals on the prestigious year-end occasion.
“To start with, I’m very completely satisfied,” Sinner stated. “It’s the final occasion of the 12 months and it’s nice to complete on this approach. It was a really robust match, particularly in the beginning of the primary set. I felt like he was serving nice, very exact. Within the second set, I broke very early after which my stage rose.
“I attempted to be a bit extra aggressive and it labored properly however it was a troublesome match. However making the ultimate for 3 consecutive years means lots to me. It’s a nice environment for me to play tennis and an amazing place for me to shut this stunning season. Tomorrow I’ll take pleasure in and check out my finest to get the very best end result.”
Sinner has received his previous 30 indoor matches, along with his final defeat coming in opposition to Novak Djokovic within the championship match in northern Italy two years in the past. He has since captured indoor titles in Rotterdam, Turin, Vienna and Paris, whereas he helped information Italy to Davis Cup glory on two events.
The second seed will goal so as to add to his rising trophy cupboard when he meets Carlos Alcaraz or Felix Auger-Aliassime within the title match on Sunday. Alcaraz, who’s chasing his first trophy on the year-end occasion, secured ATP 12 months-Finish No. 1 offered by PIF honours by going 3-0 within the round-robin stage this week, ending Sinner’s quest.
Sinner now leads De Minaur 13-0 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence, having crushed the 26-year-old en path to titles on the Australian Open, Beijing and Vienna this season.
Inside a packed Inalpi Area, De Minaur briefly silenced the 13,000-strong house crowd when he surged to 0/40 in Sinner’s opening service sport. However when he did not convert, the Italian steadied and by no means seemed again. From that second on, the World No. 2 bided his time, probing for openings.
De Minaur dug deep, overlaying each inch of the court docket and warding off seven break factors to maintain tempo. However at 5-5, Sinner lastly pierced his opponent’s defence, ripping a backhand winner down the road to interrupt. The Italian, who received 59 cent of factors on De Minaur’s second serve within the set, closed out on serve to steer.
Sinner then cemented his management firstly of the second set when he broke the Australian’s serve twice. The Italian, who struck 32 winners and made 75 per cent of his first serves within the match, timed the ball cleanly and was locked in a snug rhythm to triumph after one hour and 52 minutes.
For De Minaur, the defeat bookends an in any other case standout 12 months. The Australian finishes with a 56-24 document, his first season surpassing the 50-win mark, in accordance with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. De Minaur’s lone title of 2025 got here on the ATP 500 occasion in Washington.
Did You Know?
Sinner joins Djokovic in 2018 as the one males to achieve the championship match on the Nitto ATP Finals with out dropping serve since ATP Tour started recording serve statistics in 1991. The Italian has held all 40 of his service video games this week.
